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the polls show it's very close. pot longer... before an announced.the "real-clear" politics average offpolls... shows president baraak obama with a slight lead over &prepublicannmitt romney.3 of phow obama ahead.2 olls show romney aheed.and 3 including &ptte most recent poll... actualll show the race tied. there's no question that these ffnal hours are crucial for as they presenn closing arguments on the campaign trail. "does raising taxes put people to work? (no!))how about his avalanchh of new regulations, does that help small his plln to require companies &pto ave unions whether the employees want to vote or thhm or not -- carr cheek, does that create jobs? (no!) you passee the test.""aad if youure willing to work ith me wwthhme, make some phone calls

for me, urn out at the polls for me, we'll win wisconsin, we'll win this electton. " "winning the white housee.. mmans winning the electoral college.and this year here are ome key swing states thht could ecide the election. p'll show yyu who's leading in each of those swing ssates at hhlf our.i'm megan gilliland, that brings us to our question of the day.with suchha tight hhve a clear winner tonight? we'll take your calls in our 77o'clock hour. youucaa also go to fox-baltimore doo com and tell us what you thinkk.. sound off through facebook or send us a tweet.. aa foxbaltimore. the first ballots cass in the u-s... have already been counte. &pcounted.the polls in the smal town of dixville notch, new mitt romney each received five votes.residents have been votinggat midnight ince 19- 68... bt the tie is a fiist.

anothee small new hampshire pown... hart's location.. also eeectionnday is not what it used to be. instead of tthir votes.... now most ast states offer early voting on many days. and in maryland &pmore thaa 430 ttousand voters have already ast heir ballots. thh nnmber of early voters as 2010. so ow busy will the polls stiil be today? joel d. mith is live at a polling site in expected turnout, and the best times to avoid lines. 3 good morning guys. poting... was a success ...for maryland.... / ... ill... come out ple - ...to vott today... polling sites ... will be open... from... 7 a-m o 8 p- m..../// offfcials say...

to... avoid having... to stand ...in... long lines ...// come... before your lunch hour.... ///... the later it gets, the more people are expected to show uppat the polls. also, to streamline your time here,... know how pou are going to vote... with questions, senate seats, and of courss the presidenttal election... thii is a long ballot this yeaa. 3 "it's all in being ppepared on the ballot ann if voters would read over that from the sample ballot and be prepared it will be a veey short wait." wait."remember n maryland voters are not required to phow i-d. all you hhve to give is your name, address and date pf birth. 3 3 3 coming up next half hour a clooer look at some of the controversial qqestionn on the ballot that is bound to drive up turnout. live in cockeysville, joel d. smith, ox 45 morning news.

3 here's aa uick look at five things you need to know about election day in maryland. maayland.the polls aae open p-m.you wwll have four big ballottquestioos toovote on. &pquestion 4... or thh maryland dream ct... wwuul give in iimigrants who meet certain cri. criterra..uession 5... lets you decide whether the state's congresssonal redistricting map willlgo into effect. effect.question 6... would legalize same sex marriage n maryllnddbeginning january firs. expand gambling y allowing table games and bring a casino to prince george's county. theesearch is on this morning for thh men whh beat a baltimore man in broad dayyight. ood john mason is n crrtical condition at shock traumaa as fiie men beaa mason nearly unconscious at lombard and howard streets in downtown

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president is ahead y nearly 44. points.he won north carolina in 2008 but polling shows romney aheaddnow in that state &pby 3 points. points.there's no question that ttese final ouus are crucial for the presidential candidates... s they ppesenn campaign ttaii... some of them a little emottonal. president obbaai want to take wipps off the first tear ) one thing to aal the young peop who've givennso much to this campaign over the yeers. those of who who haven't donn this other. for a laid off faaily &pmember, for a sick child, for a fallen friend ( wipes off the second tear for all of you who've livee and breath the hard work of change, mitt romneynats: "i cannget eel change to gettthissnation growing again.(cheering)" the work that so many of you have been doing. // now let's make sure we get everyone out to vote on tuesday, everyone you know, bring to the polls (c"

polls show it is very close and it could be a longg &pniggt... if not llnger... announned. stay with us for continuing coverage of vote 2012.i'm megan gilliland, fox44 morning nees. 3that brings us to ouu questton race... do you think we'll have a clear winner tonight? we'll take youu calls in our 7 o'clook hour. you can also go to uu wwat you thinn... sound off throuuh facebook or send us a tweet.. at foxbaltimmrr. maryland voters are deciding several controversial ballot &pissues, including same sexx marriage. and those questions are expected to polls. joel d. smith is lls. live at a polling locctioo in cockeysville now, with mooe on look at question 6. 3 3

uys more than 430 thousand voteessare excused todayy because they already voted! early voting was a big success in maryland this ttme... withh &palomst twice as many ppople choosing to cast their ballots phat way than in 2210. still, rrgistered voters are expected to come out today.... and as &psigns... the uestions on the why. question 6 is a historic peferrendum item in marylandd never have voters in any rrferendum...to legalize...same sex marriage. that's why suuporters...inclu dinn governor o'malley were seen makinggsome finnl pitches &pyesterday. the law would prohibit any hhuse of worship...from performing... bbliefss..of that institution. a new poll conducted by goucher college...ffunn surveyed...supportallowingg same-sex couples... to marry. but a recent baltimorr sun poll...foundmarylanders virtually plit...on the question. (mccoy) "marriage crosses demoninational lines, it crosses cultural lines, crosses sooio-economic lines, it crosses political lines, marriage is not democrat, reeublican, independent, green is about an institution rriage defined as bbtween one man andd one woman." (clippinger) "it's

annther step allng the process tt for seeing all maaylanders and americans as those who are deserving of that same equality nd quity undee the l" law." we'll find out today iff maryland makes history. the polls aaeeopen fromm7am uutil 8 pm. live in cockeysville, joel dd smith, fox 45 morning news. for trying to vott twice. - twice.you can see roxanne rubinnbeing taken away by federal ageets... after ssowing uppat a seccnn pplling place to cast her vote.. fellow voter tippee of the secretarr of state's office.at first.. sheedenied the laim. 3"theyyran her name on thh had already voted. they said - you've already voted. he said no i haven'ttthat's a miitake. they said, no it's not a mistak" miitake."rubin is charged with times in the sameeelection.e

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building.no report of any injuries at this time. 3former arizona congresswoman gabrielle giffords cats her vote in tucson.giffords dropped off her mail-in ballot &pat a recorder's office monda afternnon.she is still recovering from a gunshot wound o the head in 2011. giffords was accompanied by her former assistant, ron barber, who finished out her &t it is election day and both caadidates are gearing up fr one final day n tte campaignn ttail.with the polls showing mitt romney and president obama in a dead heat... who will come ut on top? emily schmidt ii live in boston where the romney camp pssgearing up for the election.? 3mmly??- 3 new ampshirr voters in onn smallltown have

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the first ballots cast in the counted.the polls in the small . town of dixville notch, new hampshire opened jjuttafter mid. pitt omney each received five votes.resideets have bben voting at midnight since 19- 68... but the tie is a first. another small new hampshire town... hart's locatiin.. also voted at midnight.the result there was obama 23, romney 9. the votes are coming in as we speak on this election ddy... and according to tte most receet polls... the race for the hite ouse &pone.meean gillilaad is ere

with a brrakdown of the latest numbers at ttis hour. good morning guys,right now... the polls show it's verr close. it could beea long night... if not longer... before an official winner is announced. announccd.the "real-clear" politics average of polls... shows presiient barack obaaaa with a slight lead ooer governor mitt romney.3 of the &ppools in the average... show the presideet ahead.2 polls show romnny aheed.andd including the mmst recent poll... actually show the race &ptiid.there's no question thatt for the presidential cruuial - candidates... as hey present closing arguments on the campaign trail. "does raising taxxs put people to work? (no!) how about his avallnche of nne regulaaions, doos that help small businesses? (no!) how about hii plln to require companiis to have unions whether the employees waat to vote for

them or not -- card check, ddes that create jobs? (no!) you passed the test.""and if you're willing o work with me againn and knock on some doors for me, turn with me, make lls out at the polls for me, we'll win wisconsinn we'll win this election. " "winning the white house... means winning the electoral colleee.and this year there are some keyyswinn staaes that couud decide the election. i'lllshow you who's leading in each of those swing statts at thisspoint... coming p next half hour.i'm megan gilliland, fox45 morning news. eleetion day is not what it used to be. insteaddof one day for miilions to cass their votes.... now most states offer early vooing on pany days. and in maryland more than 430 thoosand voters have already cast their ballots. bblloos. it's early twice tte number of early voters as 2011. ss how busy will the pools still be today? joel d. smith is live at a polling site in

cockeysville with mre on he times to avoid lines. ood morning joel d. &p good morning guus. while early voting... was a puccess ...for maryland.... / offfccals... say... about.... 55-percent of out ...to vote today... polling itee ... will be open... from... 7 a-m too8 p- m..../// officials say... to... avood having... to stand ...in... llng lines ...// come... before your lunch hour.... ///... the later it gets, the more people are expected to show up at the polls. also, to streamline yoo are goinn to vote....with questions, senate seats, and of courseethe pprsidential election... this is a longg ballot this year. 3 "it's all in being preparrd there areeatleast 20 questiins sample ballot and be prepared wait."prepared it will be a very sample ballot anddbe over ballot and if voters would - read over that from the sample palllt and beeprepared it willl wait."remember in maryland

voters are not required to show i-d. all you have to give is your name, address and ddte 3f birth. - 3 3 3 3 3 of birth. 33 3 3 coming up next half hour a closer look at some of the controversial questions on the ballot hat is queetions on the controversial some of the closer look at half hour a coming uu next half hour a controversial questions on thee ballot that is bouud to ddive cockeysville, joel d. smith, &pfox 45 morning news. 3 that brings us to our question of the day.wiih uch a tight race... do yyu hink ww'll have a clear winner tonight? we'll take your calls

later thii hourr you can call it.. .the ultimate abssntee ballot!every vote counts...including ballots cast from the eerth's orbit..ission control at the johnson space center in houston emails a digital version of the ballot up to piternational space statioo. ii comes back down to earth on the same path.the ballot is then sent to the voting authorities. a nevada woman is arrested for tryiig to vote átwiceá átwwceároxanne rubin was place...after the secretary of state's officc said they recieved aacomplaint... rubin haa checked into another polling place justta few hours computer; it showed that she had alreedy voted. they aid you've already voted. she said no i haven't that's a mistakee mistake." despite rubbn's istak" persistence, theepoll workers did not allow er to cast her information and days later iss harged with one count of -

vooing more than once in the convicted, she could be sentenced to up to four years behind bars. scary moments at a texas airppr. airrort...what happened just seconds later..that made the povice pilot give up flying! plus, we're drawing another yours is called! called! you're morning news.d. smith, fox 45 &pcockeysvvlle, joel live in turnout. bound to drive up ballot that is questions on &pthe controversial ome of the closer look at half hoor a coming up next 3 3 of birth. 3 3 &p3 3- 3 3

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pirefighters are on the scene of a 4 alarm fire in fells point.it's hhppening now on departmenn telll us it's a vaaant 5 story comercial bbilding.no report of any &pinjuriis at this time. a new case offhepatitis-c diaanosed in marylandd.. may be coonected to the case of a traveling hospital worker... accused of tampering with needles.according to the deeartment of health andd

mmntal hhgienn... testing shows the maryland resideet's infection ii closely elated david kwiatkowski (kwiht-kow'-skee) is facing charges in new hampshire for tampering with needles and infecting more than 30 people. the maryland patient was one of more than 17-hundree ppople who were urged to get tested after the charges wwre filed. 3&former arizona congresswoman vote in tucsoo.giffords her - dropped off her mail-in ballot at a recorder's office monday recoverinn from a gunshot wound to he head in 2011. giffords was acccmpanied by her former assistant, rrn barber, who finished out her term and is now running for a full term. 3 enjoy thee ish, take in a dolphii experience and enjoy fridays after five. emily gracey is at the

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